SPORT MODE CONTROL: System Description: Description

• For a sporty driving on winding roads, establishing sport mode allows the driver to perform a sporty driving different from normal driving performed in D position.
• If overdrive control switch is operated during SPORT mode ON condition, overdrive control operation will take priority.

Sport Mode Function

High Gear Ratio Limit

• Engine speed is kept higher than at D position driving, which helps to operate a "sporty" driving.
  Fig 1: Vehicle Speed Gear Ratio Limit

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Step Shift

• Pressing down the accelerator pedal allows to drive the vehicle with a feeling of A/T-like gear shifting.
  Fig 2: Vehicle Speed - Gear Ratio Limit For Shift Area

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Braking Down Shift

• At a moderate braking operation before corner etc., the engine speed increases according to the deceleration and the transmission shifts down automatically, in order to optimize the response at reacceleration while providing an adequate engine braking.
  Fig 3: Vehicle Speed - Gear Ratio Limit

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Acceleration Off Ratio Hold

• When the vehicle is decelerated by quickly releasing the foot from accelerator pedal, transmission does not shift up automatically to keep a constant gear ratio, holding the high engine speed.

  When the vehicle is decelerated (by accelerator pedal OFF) in upper area of double line in below chart, the engine speed shows a characteristic like "A".

  On the other hand, when the vehicle is decelerated (by accelerator pedal OFF) in lower area of double line in below chart, the engine speed shows a characteristic like "B".

Fig 4: Vehicle Speed - Gear Ratio Limit

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Fail-Safe

If a malfunction occurs in CVT system during SPORT mode ON, SPORT mode indicator extinguishes and the vehicle returns to standard D position driving.